Pencil-holder.



No. 841,365. 7 PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907. J. H. WILLIAMS. PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 24. 1906.

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PENCIL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907'.

Application filed May 24, 1906. Serial No. 318,596.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES H. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Coeur dAlene, in the county of Kootenai and State of Idaho, have invented a new and useful Pen oil-Holder, of which the following is a specification. w

This invention relates to improvements in holders for pencils, pens, and the like, adapted to be attached to a garment or within a pocket, and has for its object to improve the construction and increase the efiiciency, utility, and convenience of devices of this character.

With this and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pencil-holder constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view looking from the front of the inner portion of the device, the casing or cover being omitted. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the same parts from the rear. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the complete device. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the holding member detached.

The device comprises a plate 10, preferably formed of metal and rebent at one end to form a receptacle 11 for the ends of the pencils or other articles to be supported, and near the opposite end of the plate is a plurality of spaced transverse apertures 12. Arranged upon the plate at its apertured end is a resilient holding device formed from a single piece of wire bent into a plurality of coils l3 and connecting-loops 14, the coils projecting through the apertures and the loops extending at an angle therefrom and spaced from the outer face of the plate or in alinement with the receiver 11.

The edges of the plate opposite the apertures 12 are folded over, as at 15 16, to form sockets, and into these sockets the terminals of the wire from which the coils and loops are formed are projected, as represented at 17 18, the metal of the sockets being compressed upon the wire therein to hold them in place. As a further means of securing the coils in position a rod 19 is extended through the coils and bears upon the rear face of the plate 10, with its ends within the sockets 15 16. The loops 14 extend forwardly of the plate 10 to a suflicient distance to receive the pencils or other articles to be held and to holdthem with sufficient friction to prevent their accidental removal.

The plate and its attachments are designed to be attached in a suitable manner to a garment or within a pocket, the pencils being thrust downwardly within the loops, with one end, preferably the ointed end, within the receiver 11, and will l fe held thereby with sufficient firmness to prevent accidental displacement, while at the same time yieldable to the force required to remove them.

The plate 10 is designed to be covered with buckskin or other suitable material, (indicated at 20,) and a flap 25, of leather or other suitable material, will preferably be disposed over the plate to conceal the same and pro tect the coils and loops and the entrance to the receiver 11.

Any suitable means may be employed to attach the device to the garment, and for the purpose of illustration an approved fastenin means is shown consisting o a threaded stud 22, pointed for thrusting through the arment and provided with a threaded hol ing member 23 for engaging the threaded stud and bearing against the inner face of the garment. A pin 24 projects from the plate 10 adjacent to the stud 22 to protrude into the garment and assist in holding the device thereto and prevent its rotation upon the stud 22.

The device is simple in construction, strong and durable, can be inexpensively manufactured, and of any required size and of any suitable material.

Having thus described is claimed as new is 1. In a pencil-holder, a plate having areceiver at one end for the pencil ends and transverse apertures near the other end, and spaced coils of resilient wire supported in said apertures and connected by yieldable loops to support the stocks of the pencils.

2. In a pencil-holder, a plate having a receiver at one end for the pencil ends and transverse apertures near the other end, spaced coils of resilient wire supported in the invention, what said apertures and connected by yieldable loops to support the stocks of the pencils, and a rod connected at the ends to said plate and extending through said coils.

3. In a pencil-holder, a plate having a receiver at one end for the pencil ends and transverse apertures near the other end and with the side edges folded upon the body of the plate, a resilient wire formed into spaced coils with loops between the coils and disposed upon the plate with the coils within said apertures and the loops forming yieldable supports for the stocks of the pencils, the ends of said wire being supported in the sockets formed by the folded edges of the plate.

4. In a pencil-holder, a plate having a receiver at one end for the pencil ends and with transverse apertures near the other end and with the side edges folded upon the body of the plate, spaced coils of resilient wire sup ported in said apertures and with loops bel l I tween the coils to form the supports for the stocks of the pencils, and a rod extending through said loops, the terminals of said rod and the terminals of said coils secured within the sockets formed by the folded edges of the p ate.

5. In a pencil-holder, a plate provided with a transverse series of openings and side flanges, a connected series of spaced coils ar ranged respectively in said openings, the terminals of the outermost coils being engaged with said flanges, and a rod extending through the coils and terminally engaged with said flanges.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. JAS. H. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

EDWARD P. BRENNAN, GILBERT E. PRESTON. 

